Biden Plans "Psych" Test for Gun Ownership

His talk about AR-15 confiscation is overruled by new

"character, suitability and 'any other' " requirements
for gun ownership; Second Amendment would be optional.

The Bill of Rights ban on infringement would be ignored;
Unelected bureaucrats will literally choose who can bear arms;
All existing arms in private hands will be subject to confiscation.

A plain reading—not "analysis"—of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's gun bill, now in both houses of Congress, will require current and future gun owners to pass psychology and character tests to continue owning the firearms they already legally possess. When asked, legal experts have been unable to describe how this would be legal, Biden has not commented. America has 100 million gun owners by most estimates. That has grown dramatically by sales to people terrified amidst urban rioting, who can't get police protection, during the corona-virus pandemic.

The first line of the identical bills, HR5717 and S3254, requires a federal license for any American to legally "purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition." This is de facto infringement.

To obtain this license you would need to prove to unelected officials that you are of "sound mind and character," you do not "potentially create a risk to public safety," and you meet "any other requirements the State determines relevant." No standards or guidelines are provided. Assuming anyone could qualify, authorities, "make a determination of suitability," for your possession and ownership of firearms, including any you currently own. Orthodox Rabbi Raziel Cohen, a JPFO Ambassador and certified trainer says, "This outrageous usurpation of power, and affront to the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment could never pass muster at the U.S. Supreme Court."

Alan Korwin, an author and consultant to JPFO notes that, "Democrats have publicly promised if they can't succeed legislatively, they will repeal the filibuster rule, pack the Supreme Court with left-leaning Justices and exercise their will." Nothing limits the High Court to only nine seats.

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JPFO: Thoughts On The Bill of Rights

Thoughts on The Bill of Rights

By Michael Gay. April 27th, 2018

There is a move afoot wanting to repeal the second amendment to the constitution. In the excellent little book “Mitzvah” Aaron Zelman and L. Neil Smith observed that it is an elementary exercise in logic to see that eliminating the Bill of Rights, or any portion thereof de-ratifies the Constitution, which is the basis of the government in which the “repeal” of the second amendment would be taking place. This would be a logical impossibility and illegal.

However, we must question if this would bother anyone in government considering what has happened to other portions of the Bill of Rights in the past several years, and indeed over the past few decades.

Just to be sure that this is understood, the Bill of Rights does not grant anyone any rights. The rights contained therein are the unalienable rights illuminated in the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal and are endowed by there Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” These rights so illuminated are then enumerated in the Bill of Rights. This document does not “grant” rights, it declares them so there is to be no mistake on the part of the men and women in government, and places restrictions on the government to run roughshod over the inherent rights of Americans. As the Bill of Rights says in its preamble, “...in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added. . .”

However, it must also be understood that the parchments upon which our government has been established, with its powers and limitations spelled out, are not sufficient to guarantee that the government will abide by those limitations.

“I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me, these are false” hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there no constitution, no law, no court can save it.” 
Judge Learned Hand

“It is sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your word of death for all Comanche to see. And so there is iron in your word of life. No signed paper can hold the iron, it must come from men. The word of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life. . . or death. It shall be life.” 
Chief Ten Bears from the film, “The Outlaw Josie Wales”

The Bill of Rights is much like a restraining order placed on government by the founding fathers. So, like a restraining order, it is a fine thing and effective in discouraging an abusive man from beating his wife–but only as long as the man respects the paper issued by the court. Once the 225 lb man gets drunk and becomes inflated with his own sense of omnipotence and decides to go to her place the 110 lb woman can hold that paper up and he will slap it out of the way and commence to beat her senseless. That paper restrains him only to the extent that he allows it to do so.

It is the same with the restraining orders placed on our government. Once they become convinced that nobody will actually stop them, the parchments upon which we rely mean very little; as to them, the end goal of total control justifies any means.

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” 
Patrick Henry

Having the wherewithal to resist tyranny is not sufficient without having the spirit to do so. The abused woman is lost if all she can do is hold up a piece of paper. As her father might have told her, she needs to get away from him, and get herself something that the abusive man will respect; something like a gun and a guard dog to provide backup and the super–sensitive nose and ears for an early warning of danger. In this way the abusive man will either cease and get out, or face some very serious consequences.

If the abused person cannot bring themselves to take these steps. If there is no point at which she is ready to actually shoot. . . she is lost. If the abusive man is not convinced of her readiness to shoot he may well advance upon her, take the gun from her hand, use it to shoot her dog and commence to beat her yet again. To be effective she must have both–the firearm and the resolve to use it.

Mid-Week Wondering

I haven't been on-line long enough to know if the President has done something horrible or not, regarding his proposals for gun control; forgive me if I don't comment on it.

The mood here in Anchorage is somber. Firearms are part of our everyday wear; you put one on, just like a belt knife, before leaving home. We have bears that roam our neighborhoods (and they don't all hibernate, no matter what some schoolbook says).

Bears have frequently wandered our parking lot, too, and sometimes employees can't go to their cars because there's a bruin standing in front of the car. Trust me, a bear big enough to stand flat-footed and look at you across the hood of your car is scary. And no matter the enviro-weenies wish, that brownie ain't Winnie the Pooh.

For the last three or four years, there have been a couple of wolf packs roaming the green belts between Elmendorf AFB & Fort Richardson (now combined into Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson); joggers have been chased, and a couple of dogs (pets) killed by the wolves.

There's a BIG mama moose & her annual twins that live in the woods adjoining our parking lot, and are frequently seen wandering between the cars, or sleeping in a snow bank where it can get heat from the automotive radiators as they cool down in the mornings.

It's not uncommon, especially in the winter when snow on the mountainside drives more moose into town in search of plants to eat, for people to be late for work because Mr. Moose was standing near their front porch, munching on a bush or young tree.

A full-grown bull moose weighs around 1,200 pounds; unsuspecting people (usually tourists) get trampled or kicked every year. That's nothing to mess with.

This is going to be an interesting time, no? But I think you'll find that Alaskans will not disarm, in general.

Changes in the Weather

I'm sure many of you have seen posts about a blatantly unconstitutional action in Massachusetts. There are links to the story here and here.

What TJIC said, IMHO, was ill-considered and perhaps stupid. I won't argue the point either way.

The IMPORTANT thing is, he has a God-given right to say it. The authorities have not just infringed, but shattered his 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendment protections. I hope he sues them for every penny they've got. The ACLU should jump on this one.

This is a shot fired at our first and second amendment rights. I, also, am TJIC. 

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It's 13 above zero this morning - the warmest temp we've seen in a week, and some 26 degrees warmer than Monday morning.  We got a few inches of fresh snow, finally, and it's still snowing. AccuHunch is guessing we'll continue to warm into the upper 20s to maybe even 30 by the weekend.


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And finally, there's this from the Anchorage Daily News:

JUNEAU -- Gov. Sean Parnell told legislators in his State of the State speech Wednesday night that he wants lower taxes on the oil companies and hopes to impose a state spending limit to avoid a "spending frenzy" by lawmakers before they leave town.

THAT would be a welcome change of pace. Read more at the link.